battle star

American  

noun

U.S. Military.

1. a small bronze star worn on a campaign ribbon by members of organizations taking part in certain battles or other wartime operations.

2. a small silver star similarly worn, equivalent to five bronze battle stars.

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Example Sentences

Many centuries, and many villages and valleys, would have been happier if Inglewood or Inglewood's countrymen had ever understood that light, or guessed at the first blink that it was the battle star of Ireland.

From Manalive by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)